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IB.il MUtE im APPOINTME>i T AM) DUTIES OF RURAL POLICE IN SUMTER UQfJMTI. A Hill to I'mviili- for the Establish iiv nt of a Kami Polier System in SuihUt County; to Discontinue IMs peiv?ar\ < onMabus* In Said County and to Devolve tlie Duties Here? tofore Performed by Them t'pon the Rural Police. Be It ena? t ?! gf the General As? sembly of the State of South Carolina: Section l. That upon the approval of this Act It shall be the duty of the Governor upon the recommendation of the Countv Hoard >>( Commission era of Sumter County to appoint three abie-bodied mer. from the registered votera of aatd county, who are of fo??d habits, courage and discretion, aad not addicted to the u*e of alco? holic liquors or drugs, and ahall com mission tb:*m as county policemen for a term of two years, subject to re SB oval by the County Hoard of Com m Hist oners of aald county. Sec. t. It ahall be the duty of e*!d policemen, under the direction o! the aald Board of Commissioned of Sum ter County, to patrol and police the connty. especially In the rural dls trlcta and in tie unincorporated towns, snd to prevent or detect, and prosecute, all persons for violations of the criminal laws of every kind, making arrests upon their own Intui? tive, as well as upon complaint and Information, and to report all known or sawpected violations of tho gftm Inal laws to the sheriff at least once a week, and they shall at each term of the Court of Qenernl Sessions ap? pear before the solicitor and report the condition of lawlessness in the county and be Instructed by him In that, dutlea Sec. I. Said policemen shall pa? trol the entire county i.t least once a week by aectlona, assigned to single policemen by the sa:d Board of Commissioners of Bumtar County, for one or more days, remaining on duty et night, where neceeanry to prevent or detect crime or to make arrests, and they shall always t*e on duty not less than ten hours a dsy. except when granted occasional Indulgence or leave of absence by ihe aald Board of Commissioners. Ttiey shall fre? quent public places where people congregate, or disorder Is probabls. or vagrants may loaf, or alcoholic Jtquors may be sold, drunk or giv? en away, snd ahall hav ? access to Sil freight or oxpreas office.* In the coun? ty, and examine shipments of liquors to see If the law Is bolng violated, and they shall, as often as practicable ride by house* that are off the public highways and In lonely placee. and especially au' h aa are without male protectors, using every meana to pre? vent or detect crime end arreat and prosecute all persons for violation of sny and all criminal lawa Sec. 4. Haid policemen ahall have the aame powers aa are conferred on maglatrstee, constables and deputy sheriffs, and authority for any crlm* committed In their presence, to arreat without warrant: Provided. When an arre?t la made without a waif*at the person so arrested shail fcrwtth be carried before the nearest magis? trate and a warrant of arrest procur? ed and disposed of as the maglstate shall direct. Sec. * That each policemen, be? fore entering upon the duties of hU office, shell. In addition to the oath of! office now prescribed by Section 16 of Article 111 of the Constltu on. gt*d by Action 6*2 of the of laws of South Carolina. 1902. Volume I. tako and subscribe the following oath or affirmation, to wit: "I do further solemnly swear (or afhrm) that dur 1 lng my term term g| office as coun? ty policeman. I will study the A^t 1 creating my office and prescribing my. duties and will endeavor to inform myself of the criminal laws of the State, both statutory and common law. and will be alert end vigilant to i enforce the laws and to detect and bring to punishment every violation of the same within my county, and will conduct myself at nil times with due consideration to all peraons. and will r?- Impose upon any person, es? pecially the weak or lunornnt. So help me Ood." Her ?. That e ach polle- m in be? fore entering upon the duties of bis office, ihall enter Into !( bond, made payable to the county. to b, ap? proved by the Clerk of Court and County Huporvl*or. and Sled with the Clerk of Court with two good sure? ties., or an approved i'irdv company. In the sum of one thousand (11.000) dollar*, conditioned for the relthful performance of his dull and for eueh damages as may be sustained by reanori of hi* mnlfe?*nnre in Sjgaoe or ahu??* of his authority. Ill<< oath als., shall be hied with th Clerk of c.nrt. See. 7. The psjgafsjsjefl a forea Id ?hall be paid an annual salary of ope Itssesjgead dollars (ti.oooi sash spaa the werrant of the County gwpsrvla or. or ;! .. Countv Trea-mr. r ' ? -? im to he r ild In mofithlv pis' illment-i out of the ordinary county fund ij Provided. That said policemen shall provide themselves with unlforr.u? i policemen's billets, and such flreain.-s as may be prescribed and approved by the foreman of the grand jury, and with horses for regular use In riding over the county and perform ?tig duty as mounted policeman and shall bear all expenses Incident ?hereto. Failure on the part ?f any policeman to pfovldt himself with the equipments mentioned in this proviso, shall be deemed sufficient cause f(?r and shall require his removal from office. See. 8. Said policemen shall serve no civil process, or perform any sim? ilar duty, nor hold any other office except that of notary public during their term of office, nor shall they personally perform any other kind of work, so as to give their whole tinv as policemen. Any violation of the provisions herein shall be good cause for removal from office. Sec. 9. It Is hereby made the duty of the sheriff of Sumter County to aid and instruct said policemen In ?he d'scharge of their duties. Sec 10. It Is also hereby made the duty of the magistrates of Sum? ter County to aid said policemen in the discharge of their duties. Sec. 11. That after the appoint? ment and qualification of the rural policemen provided for In this Act, no dispensary constables shall he ap? pointed by the Governor for Sumter County, and all duties heretofore per? formed by such dispensary constables shall devolve upon said rural police? men Sec. 12. All Acts and parts of Acts Inconsistent with the provisions of this Act tire hereby repealed. ?H T AT RABBIT; KI LI.I d) BINDS Queer Luck of Huntsman?-Man Mys? teriously DlsHpiK-ars?Other Hap? penings at lynehburg. Lynchburg, F?b. 22.?The roaring of the rain a couple of nichts ago and the velocity with w Ivch it moved caused some ?i our neighbors to imagine that their houses were rock? ing, when it was only their narrow body shaking. But for a fact th. wind was terrific, though of short duration. Farming preparations are at a standstill?nothing *.s doing. Col. J. A. Rhame is out again, we are glad to report. Mr. B. F. McLeod remains about the same. The terrible weather is much against one of his extreme age. but he is a man of unusually even, uniform and temperate habits, which Is much In his favor. A few evenings ago Mr. Isaac Keels' dog set something which, while he was out bird hunting, he thought, of course, was a bird, but when he urged the dog forward a rabbit Jumped up and ran off. Mr. Keels shot it. but having only crippled it, he shot it again, just as it was dis? appearing in a little clump of bushes, and this time it tumbled over. When he went to pick it up, he discovered that he had killed two partlrdges with the same shot that brought the t iM.it dowr Although Mr. Keels was somewhat excited over this un? usual occurrence, he hesitated about telling It in the absence of the other witness, who was a minister of the Oospel of undoubted veracity. Until he discovered tho bords he did not know that he was near any partridges. Xo more birds were around thciv Very little fertilizer Is. so far. shipped to tnls station. As It now ap l-.'.i r > r h ? farmers w ill reduce tin Ir fertilizing bills to about 50 per cent of the quantity used last year. This will amount to much more than the small reduction of acreage. Reduce the fertilizer and the cotton crop and the notion will certainly be reduced. A glint many people attach but little importat.ee to the acreage question, as there are io many ways to whip the devil around the stump. There hi a quantity of unpicked cotton on some farms yet. and some of it will never be. plotted* Mr. Inane Koeni has advertlaed hli hOUOf and lot in this place for sale. Mr Dlcl McKlvccti. formerly of Bhtloh, has bought aome valuable real I its in this plnOi and U now a most i welcome resident. Sonn? marriages In the near future |0 be repotted soon. a Mr. Brown, who bought property In this town several months ago. and win. was living here, left here very mysteriously several W CO III .ago for parts unknown to bis family or any one el f. He worked at the saw mill. i?r. Ii B, Yeiiott has gone to Balti? more, Md.. bn1 we stiii have two phyutcteni to fare lor the sbk. BuutneM i^ fairly good In this live tittle town. i ;. i or IsnauH and Batter) a preliminary wae honed befor< Magistrate Wetni Tuesday ol the earn igafnal Plunder Taylor for i mil anj battery with Inl ml to kill. it .it thai Taylor is ncctteed of beat Ing one Prince Beet In the Concort neighborhood. He Is charged nitl hitting him in the head with an :<*' handle and then throwing him lnt< a dlteh of water, where fie continue) oca trag him until he wae pulled off. Di). SMITH WEB CALL. DAVIDSON'S PRESIDENT TO HEAD WASHINGTON AND LEE. Has hern al North Carolina College 2. Vears, II Vears us President of Institution, Columbia, Fob, 27.?A telegram ! received In Columbia yesterday after noon announced that Dr. Henry Louis Smith, president of Davidson college; has accepted the prealdency of Wash? ington and Lee university, Lexington, V*a . tendered him some time ago. The announoement will be of pecu? liar interest to South Carolina, es? pecially to Columbia. where Dr. Smith is well known. He delivered two addresses in this city Sunday. He is a brother of the late Dr. Samuel M. Smith, for years pastor of the First Presbyterian church, Pro. Reed Smith of the faculty of the University of South Carolina is his nephew. The news of the call of the Da? vidson president to the presidency of Washington and Lee created much excitement in North Carolina and many lotters were written begging h'.m not to accept the honor. Edu? cators in Virginia were equally insis tet that he heed the call. Dr. Smith has been at Davidson for II years as a teacher and president. This is his 11th year as the head of ; the Presbyterian college. He will re- ' c main at Davidson for the remainder Of the session, assuming his duties at the Virginia institution in the sum? mer. He succeeds Dr. Gregory H. Den? ny, who on January 1 became presi? dent of the University of Alabama. Washington and Lee is now headed by John I^ Campbell and Henry D. Campbell as joint presidents. Dr. Smith is one of the best known educators in the United States. He received the degree of A. B. from Davidson college in 1881; Ph. D. in 1890 from the University of Virginia; LL. D. of the University of North Carolina in 1905. His brother, Dr. C. Mphonso Smith. Is Poe professor of English at the University of Virginia. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NOTES. Membership Campaign?Starts Mon? day Morning. Captains Walsh and Moses of the Blue and Bed teams respectively are making their plain for the member? ship campaign which will start in on Monday morning* next at 9 A. If., prompt. Every man in the city will ot, asked to join the Chamber of Commerce and to unite with his fel? low citizens in pushing Sumter to the front. see Are you a booster or are you a krocker? Arc you finding fault with what others are doing for Sumter? If so. what are you doing for Sumter Every man can do something. Have you done that something? There are men living in Sumter and in other cities for that matter who live and die for themselves alono. They have accumulated some property but they are rank failures. Ther are men liv? ing and doing in Sumter today whom Sumter could not afford to lose. There ar ? others w ho. so far as their community is concerned, are just so much dead wood. The time is rapid? ly passing in America when a man is honored alone f??r the amount of money he has accumulated. Rather is he honored for what he has done for his fellows. There Is plenty to do In every line, Are you doing your share ? see The annual election of the Cham will be held on the 19th of March. Nine members of the new Hoard of Dlreetora must be selected at this time. The election will be held dur? ing the hours of the day at one of the stori 1 and the ballot will be printed. Every member In good standing will be allowed to vote at this election, ? * * The big annual meeting and sup per win be held on tho 2r?th of March, Mr, L, i. Parrotl has charge of the arrangements for this supper. The Presidents and Secretaries of the varloui Chambers of Commerce In the state will be Invited to attend this meeting. It is hoped that a Stat,. Hoard of Trade may be organis? ed .it thla time, Every business man In Bumtl i should make a note of this date Mini be on hand. It Is Our op? portunity to show the reel of the state that Sumter Is on the Job. * * ? Since tin- Commission Form of Government Acl has become n law, it will soon be necessary for the voters i f Sumter lo petition to have the question submitted to them for de? cision, The special provisions ap plying to Sumter were secured through the efforts of ;t special com? mittee of this i Chamber, For ? sprain vou will fl nd ? 'ham herlaln'a Liniment excellent, *l al? lays the pain, removes the s< nesa nnd s< on restores the pari to s heaithV condition, 88 and ' 1 rent bottlei for sale by all dealers. LUMBER MEN VISIT SUMTER. Representative! of Pennsylvania Raii roud Come Here to Inspect Lum? ber. Representatives of the Forestry and Purchasing Departments of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company were in the city the latter part of last week to investigate, the quantity, quality end price of lumber In this section with a possible view of mak? ing purchases in the future. The Pennsylvania Railroad buys practically all of its short leaf pine lumber from this section and are large purchasers from the local lum her dealers. There were six repre- j tentative! of the railroad in the city | who remained here for one day, be l?g taken out by the local lumber dealer! to inspect the lumber in the vicinity. LIEUT. LVKES LOCATED, Army Officer Dropped from Roll and Branded Deserter. Washington. Feb. 26.?Information has reached the war department of the whereabouts of Lieut. Gibbes Lykes, of Lykesville, S. C, who was dropped from the army rolls as a de sorter several days ago, after un- j availing efforts had been made for many months to locate him. It had I l-een feared by the family that Lieut. ! Lykes had committed suicide. To restore Lieut. Lykes to his po? sition In the army and to his citizen? ship would probably require a special Act of Congress. At the instance of Senator Tillman, the war department had extended the time allowed the lieutenant before branding him as a deserter, and it Is most unfortunate that he was not found a few days earlier. STATE TRACK MEET EV SPRING. Six or Eight Colleges Ready to Par? ticipate; in Event at Carolina. University of S. C, Feb. 24.?A track meet between a number of South Carolina colleges has been planned for the early spring in Co? lumbia. Already about six or seven schools have signified their intention of entering the meet, and it is ex? pected that it will be one of the larg? est In the history of college ath? letic? in South Carolina. j The promoters of the meet are Working; hard and are putting forth every effort to make it a grand suc? cess. The University of South Caro? lina Is an excellent place to hold the meet, as It is the center of the State, and affords an Ideal place to attract a large atendance. Later the State High school meet will be held on the same grounds, Da\ls Field. DR. MILLS SUCCEEDS J. R. LIC.ON. Elected President of Board of Health In Place of J. R. Ligon. Resigned. At a recent meeting of the board of health Dr. W. E. Mills of this city jwas elected on the recommendation of the mayor as President of the hoard Dr. Mills is now city physician and his election SS president of the hoard of health will meet with the general ap? probation of the people of the city. The resignation of Mr. J. R. Lig? on, who has been president of the 1 sard of health for several years was received and read at the last meeting Of council and Mayor Jennings stated at the time that he had not yet given the matter suflicient thought to make recommendation, but that he would make a temporary appointment until the next meeting of council when he would be ready to make a recom? mendation for a permanent appoint? ment. Following the appointment of l>r. Mills as temporary president of th ! board, the board met tnd elected him president. As the work of the city physician requires Dr. Mills to keep himself in? formed of the sanitary conditions in the city und any epidemic of diseases it was thought by the board that his election i! chairman would further the work against diseases in the city, as the chairman of the board has authority to acl In cases which arise without falling a me.ding of the board of health, and as chairman of the board Dr. Mills would have au? thority to give Instructions to the health officer Immediately upon the outbreak of any epidemic of disease. This Is the season of the year when mothers feel very much con? cerned over the frequent colds con? tracted by their children, and have abundant reason for it as every cold weakens the longs, lowers the vital? ity and paves the way for the more Serious diseases that so often follow. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is fa? mous for Its curea and is pleas ant and safe to take. Por sale by all des lora, Do you know thai more real danger inks in a common cold than in Ri 13 ?tlor of the minor ailments? The mfe wav fa to lal e IJhamberlaln's Cough Remedy h thoroughly reliable preparation, and rid yourself of the eold as- qul< !<iv as possible, This remody Is for sale by all dealers. GOVERNOR'S SECRETARY MAKES AX EXPLANATION. Hill Providing Winding-up of Dis? pensary Affairs Accidentally sup? ped Down Into Draw in Govern? or's Office, says Secretary. - Columbia, Feb. 27.?Both houses of | the Genoral Assembly are marking time, awaiting the three-day limit to expire <m all Acts passed after they have been placed in the hands of j the Governor, and the) are determln- j od to take no chances on matters ( which they have passed not becoming ! law. To this end both houses are having prepared a list of all Acts de? livered to the Governor, the date of delivery, the ones sent to the Secre? tary of State, those signed and tho3e unsigned. This list will probably be furnished tomorrow, and it is possible that final adjournment may be reach- j ed tomorrow night, although this is to be decided later. Several Acts were on Monday sent to the Secretary of State unsigned, and that these may become law this session the Legisla? ture will have to sit Thursday. The only vetoed measure remaining to be dicposed of is that of Senator Sul? livan's telephone bill. The Anderson Senator will call this matter up for its passage over the veto if a quorum is present. The General Ass tmbly was held over this, the eighth week, largely on account of the failure to find the Crosson bill, providing for the wind? ing up of the affairs of the State dis? pensary in the Secretary of Stata's of? fice on Saturday night. The report came from the Governor's office that | the bill had been sent to the Secre- | tary of State Saturday, unsigned, but a search failed to locate it. The re- ' ceipt of the assistant clerk of the 1 senate showed that the measure had been delivered to the Governor on Friday morning, and when this in? formation was conveyed to the Sen? ate an executive session was called and the Legislature decided to remain over this week. Mr. Alex Rowland the Governor's private secretary, had delivered a large number of bills to the Secretary j of State on Saturday and he was un? der the impression that the Crosson bill was among them. However, he found on looking among his reecipts Saturday that there was none there for this bill from the Secretary of State. Searching among the effects in the office Monday he discovered the Crosson resolution under some requisition papers. He stated that he had^ a large number of bills on his desk Saturday which he took over to the Secretary of State, among these had been the Crosson Act, but it slip? ped off his desk and into the drawer where *the requisition papers stay, the drawer being right under where the large number of bills were plac? ed on his desk. On discovering where it had been misplaced he at once took it across to the Secretary of State. He thought he took it there with the big batch Saturday and was surprised when it was stated that it was not there. Of course, this matter created a good deal of talk and comment and the above is the explanation as given to The Xews and Courier correspon? dent. The legislative committee which If to probe Into the affairs of the late state dispensary, will not hold the first meeting tomorrow as intended but will one week from tomorrow, which will be March 6. This state? ment was made lore tonight by Representative Evans, secretary of the committee, In response to an in? quiry. The prolonging of the t isston of the General Assembly is the cause of the postponement of the meeting. The senate held another short ses? sion today, lasting only ten minute--. and adjourned until tomorrow at 1.15 P. M.. Before doing so. however, they adopted a concurrent resolution offered by Senator Christonsen In? struct Ing the clerks of the Senate and House to furnish the Secretary of state a certified copy of the Senate and Honst? Journals of the session of this year Tbc resolution was or d< rod sent to the House. Senator Hill wanted the Senate to meet tonight at 8 o'clock, at winch hour the House was in session, but the majority opposed this, Senator West On stating there bud been an 1111 derstading that the adjournment would not 1 e reached before Wednes? day or Thursday, and offered s sub? stitute that when ?he Senate adjourn it adjourn to meet tomorrow at 1.15 P, M. Then on motion of Senator Young the Senate adjourned. Now Ii the time when political doc? uments are sen* from Washington at the government's expense,?Wil? mington Star. Here is a measn ?< of bop ? ",i stood ibecr from Mrs ('. .T. Martin. Boone Mill, Va.. who it the mother of eighteen children. Mis. Martin was cured of itomach trouble and ! constipation by Chamberlain's Tab? lets after five years of suffering, and ;now recommends these table'? to the i public, Sohl by all deal >rs. Tlic On;- Thing. Florence Times. Some idle < orrcspondent writing to The Columhla state wi nti bo know how Judge Jones stands on the liquor question, as if that was an issue or it made :tny difference how or where he stood. The issue this time is "South Carolina." There is no better medicine made for < ?lds than Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It acts on nature's plan, re? lieves the lungs, opens the secretions, aids expectoration; and restores the system to a healthy condition. For sale by all dealers. WILL DESERVED. The Pmise That COSnes From Thank? ful Sumter People. One kidney remedy never fails. Sumter People rely upon it. That remedy Is Doan'n Kidney Pills. Sumter testimony proves it al? ways reliable. E. T. Windham. 20 E. Calhoun street, Sumter. S. C, says: "I am confident that Doan's Kidney Pills are an excellent kidney medicine and act just as represented. My kidneys did not do their work regularly and I was annoyed by too frequent pass? ages of the secretion. There was lameness, soreness and pain in the small of my back and 1 had other symptoms of kidney complaint. Doan's Kidney Pills, which I got at Chine's Drug Store entirely relieved me and acted as a tonic to my sys? tem." For sale by all dealers. Pri< cents. Foster-Milburn Corr~""l3uffalo, New York, sole agents f<*r the United States. Remember the name?Doan's? and take no other._No. 20 STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF The Farmers' Bank & Trust Co. LOCATED AT SUMTER, S. C. And it's Branches At the Close of business, Feb. 20, 1912 RESOURCES. $483 Loans and Discounte, Overdrafts, Bonds and Stocks owned by the Bank, Furniture and Fixtures, Banking House, Dne from Banks k Bankers, Currency, Gold, Silver and other Minor Coin, 5, Checks and Cash Item?, 2, ?. 2, 20,' 4. 834 77 175 38 000 DO <m ;s n30?.l 107 08 ?63 00 452 60 2?U SS i>16 Si Total, $550,317 63 LIABILITIES Capital Stock Paid in, 1110,000 00 Surplus Fond, 50,000 00 Undivided Profits, lees Cor rent Expenses and Taxes Paid, U,%6 09 Dne to Banks and Bankers, 111 M Dividends Unpaid, 40 00 Individual Deposits subject to cheek. 22?, 738 ft I Savings Deposits. 101,300 76 Time Certificates cf Deposit, 11,928 21 Certified Checks. 1:J5 00 Notes and Bills Redis counted, 5,000 0d Bills Payable, including Certificates for Money Borrowed, 25.0V0 00 Total. $550,817 63 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Sumter. Before me came G. L. Warren, cashier of the abo\e namexl hank, who, being duly swc:n, says that the al ove and foregoing statement I? a true condition of said bank, as ^hown by the books of said ban*. G. L. WARREN, Cashier. Sworn to and subsc ribe I before me this 28th day of February, 1912. O. L. YATES, Notary Public. Correct Attest: C. G. ROWLAND. GEO. D. SHORE, R. J. BLAND, Directors. Many a Man Is a critic because he likes t<? he contrary. You can contrary to the wtsht ? of y 0 u friends - d neighbors ;inet soin ? itries get the best ol In in : but ^o cant ran t- the dictates of nature ?vd you al ways t^et ihe wot st ??t it. !f Nature Sav* Spectacles, Why, Spectacles it mutt be. Nature won t ac? cept just Spectacles though; they must be right Spectacles W e can give the kind nature demands, and our prices are right, too. Graduate optician in charge. W. A. Thompson. Jeweler und Optlctea.